Chapter 443 ·Canal

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal was first built during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. Later, it was dredged by Emperor Yang of Sui. It was the lifeblood of north-south transportation. It not only facilitates people's travel, but also drives the economy on both sides of the canal.

As a must-pass place for the canal, Hangzhou has been a transportation fortress since ancient times. Therefore, the two sides of the ferry are filled with shops that operate various businesses. Whenever they arrive at the market, people from surrounding towns come here to do small business, which is very lively.

If the cargo ships docked, it would be even more noisy and the hawkers shouted loudly, and they could be heard sitting in Hangzhou.

Today is the day to go to the market. The road is filled with a wide range of goods. The vendors kept shouting, hoping to attract the attention of passing guests.

Tang Xueru lay on the car window and looked out curiously.

The last time I came here to pick Dong Yuli up, it happened to rain, and the road was empty and I couldn't even see the figure. Compared with the bustling crowd at this moment, it was a world of difference.

Bai Rongxuan reminded, "It's winter now, and the wind is strong outside. Be careful of the cold. If you look back, I can't come in and sit honestly as my grandmother told me."

Tang Xueru laughed, obediently put down the curtain of the car, and said to Bai Rongxuan and Zhang Yunniang, "I don't know if it's the reason for the Chinese New Year. There are vendors selling peach talismans and Spring Festival couplets along the street, and there are firecrackers and fireworks in the corner.

Is it a little early at this time?”

Zhang Yunniang said, "The world is not good now, and every family's business is not easy to do, let alone these small vendors who are barely living. In order to earn a few more money to support their families, they naturally have to keep everything in their hands. If they are others

If your family takes the lead, isn’t it even harder to do your own business?”

Tang Xueru sighed, "Hey, it's been a year, and I don't know when the world will get better?"

Bai Rongxuan thought about the time she was in Peking in her previous life, and seemed to be in turmoil everywhere, even better than this moment. Wars continued, bandits were everywhere, and the two lakes were frequent droughts, the fields were not harvested, and there was even a terrible phenomenon of people being able to eat people.

The weakness and incompetence of the Nanjing government were fully exposed, and it lost the hearts of the people and was criticized.

Bai Rongxuan lives in a small courtyard, but often hears various news from outside.

The world will not get better and better, it will only get worse and worse.

At least when Bai Rongxuan passed away, everything was not getting better.

She lowered her head a little lost, thinking about the past events that happened in her previous life.

Tang Xueru glanced at her and found that she was wandering around the world again, not knowing what she was thinking. She wanted to ask Bai Rongxuan what she was thinking, why the expression on her face was so solemn? But she knew that she

Even if she asked, Bai Rongxuan would only smile at her lightly, and then answer her like "I didn't think of anything."

Tang Xueru didn't speak, and looked at her quietly.

The atmosphere in the car instantly became quiet, and instead the sound of the market outside seemed even more noisy and lively.

Zhang Yunniang blinked, not knowing what funny words to say.

Fortunately, the car stopped quickly, and all three of them came to their senses. Tang Xueru asked, "Are we here?"

The coachman outside responded, "Yes, it's here!"

Tang Xueru happily opened the curtain and saw the carriage leaning against a road beside the canal. Although it was already winter, the water of the canal was still flowing continuously, and a chill came from the river. Tang Xueru was immediately energetic.

He was cheered and said in admiration, "It's this time, the canal has not frozen yet?"

"It's still early." The coachman took the speech and explained, "Hangzhou's climate is suitable. Even in the cold winter, it is not particularly cold. In previous years, a thin layer of ice would be formed in shallow waters, and the sun would melt away as soon as it came out.

Unlike in the north, it was already snowing heavily at this time and the river surface had long frozen. So the furthest cargo ships that have been traveling in recent times have only reached Tianjin, but Peking is incredible."

Tang Xueru asked with interest, "Master, have you been to Peking? Is the snow there very big? I haven't seen heavy snow since I was a child. Every time it snows in Hangzhou is sparse.

I only heard the name of the broken bridge but never saw the real scene."

Seeing that she had bright eyes and white teeth, she spoke frankly and neatly, and she liked her very politely and politely. She naturally had questions and answers to her words, "It's not just that I've been there, I have lived in Peking for four or five years.

As for the cold in that place, I was not used to it for a few years. It started to snow as soon as winter began, and it was useless to light a charcoal basin in the house. I could only use the stove to burn the fire to make it a little warmer...

…”

Tang Xueru interrupted him and asked, "Grow a stove in the house?"

"Yes!" the coachman nodded honestly, "I was surprised at first, but later I became accustomed to it. If I didn't set up a stove in the house, I would freeze to death in winter. At first, the snowfall was still very small, most of the time.

It can't be kept, and it melts in a few days, but once the twelfth lunar month enters, the snow becomes heavier and heavier. Sometimes it takes two or three consecutive days. The snow is so high that it can't be pushed open until the waist is the door. You said

Is it snowing heavily?”

Tang Xueru laughed and bent her eyes, "That's great, you can make a snowman to play with!"

The coachman shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's so heavy snow, not only will the animals raised outside suffer, but those homeless people have no way to live, so they can only hold them together and wait for death. Alas... the few I'm in Peking

In 2019, as long as it snows heavily, the security team members must pull a cart to the street to look for the nameless corpses that were frozen to death on the roadside, and they don’t need to be buried, so they will be thrown into the mass grave. The lady is pampered and naturally

I don’t know the difficulties of the lower class. It is a pleasure for rich people to enjoy snow in their spare time, but when it comes to those poor people, they become the last straw that breaks the camels. Livelihoods have become problems. Who has the heart to build up what

A snowman?"

Tang Xueru obviously didn't expect that the heavy snow that she was thinking about would eventually turn into such a scene. She stood there in shock, not knowing what to react.

The coachman also felt that he was speechless and hurriedly said, "Look at me, ladies are out for fun, but I said something disappointing. Miss. Don't go to your heart. Peking is thousands of miles away from Hangzhou, so it's so peaceful here."

While speaking, Zhang Zili had already walked over with Tang Xueping's hand, "How is it? Are you sick with motion sickness? Get out of the car quickly."

Bai Rongxuan and his friends got out of the car on horse stools.

Tang Xueping was held by her husband in front of her sister and sister-in-law, and her face turned red unnaturally. However, Zhang Zili was open and calm. She used force several times, but she could not break free from her husband's powerful hand.

In the end, she had no choice but to give up and let her husband hold it.

Zhang Zili told the coachman a few words, asking them to wait on the side of the road and not to walk away, while he took his wife, sister-in-law and others to walk forward.

Bai Rongxuan noticed that four or five servants in charge came to the Zhang family, each with a big and round waist, and was carefully followed by a few people. The people around her were not close to each other.

There are many hard-working cargo movers next to the canal. When they are not alive, they gather together to talk and pass the time. They are gathered in groups of help. When they see customers passing by, they rush around, "Master, use it."

A laborer who doesn’t need to move goods? He can use ten per piece of strength to ensure that he will not delay your affairs."

Zhang Zili turned his face and saw a strong man as tall as an iron tower. Compared with him, several laborers behind him were like little chickens.

Zhang Zili asked, "How many people do you have?"

"Six!" The man saw Zhang Zili talking to him, his face was full of excitement. He said it was six, but his gesture showed a four.

Seeing this, Tang Xueru laughed and attached it to Bai Rongxuan's ear and said, "Now I finally understand what my mother often says, "She doesn't understand what Siliu means."
Chapter completed!